clayton dube usc u.s.-china institute may 18, 2015 · -the tale of genji as drawn by yamato waki...
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Clayton Dube USC U.S.-China Institute May 18, 2015
Japan, origins to 1600
Location/Origins
Title
“wedded” rocks – Ise coast
Jomon sites (10,500 – 300 bce)
2500 – 1500 bce
1500 – 1000 bce
1000 – 300 bce
Chinese sources – Kingdom of Wa bronze bell, Kobe ca. 100-300 ce
Nintoku 仁徳天皇 ca. 313-399
Kofun = tomb
Sakai museum, comparing pyramid/tomb
In the neighborhood (2003)
haniwa
Nara 奈良, capital 710-784
Kyoto 京都 (initially Heian-kyō 平安京, capital 794-1185
Nara layout, “Heijo” style
Tōdai-ji 東大寺, originally 752
Jizō bodhisattva
Prince Shōtoku 聖徳太子, 574-622
1. Harmony should be valued and quarrels should be avoided. Everyone has his biases, and few men are far-sighted. Therefore some disobey their lords and fathers and keep up feuds with their neighbors. But when the superiors are in harmony with each other and the inferiors are friendly, then affairs are discussed quietly and the right view of matters prevails. 2. The three treasures, which are Buddha, the (Buddhist) Law and the (Buddhist) Priesthood; should be given sincere reverence, for they are the final refuge of all living things. Few men are so bad that they cannot be taught their truth. 3. Do not fail to obey the commands of your Sovereign. He is like Heaven, which is above the Earth, and the vassal is like the Earth, which bears up Heaven. When Heaven and Earth are properly in place, the four seasons follow their course and all is well in Nature. But if the Earth attempts to take the place of Heaven, Heaven would simply fall in ruin. That is why the vassal listens when the lord speaks, and the inferior obeys when the superior acts. Consequently when you receive the commands of your Sovereign, do not fail to carry them out or ruin will be the natural result.
4. The Ministers and officials of the state should make proper behavior their first principle, for if the superiors do not behave properly, the inferiors are disorderly; if inferiors behave improperly, offenses will naturally result. Therefore when lord and vassal behave with propriety, the distinctions of rank are not confused: when the people behave properly the Government will be in good order. 5. Deal impartially with the legal complaints which are submitted to you. If the man who is to decide suits at law makes gain his motive, and hears cases with a view to receiving bribes, then the suits of the rich man will be like a stone flung into water, meeting no resistance, while the complaints of the poor will be like water thrown upon a stone. In these circumstances the poor man will not know where to go, nor will he behave as he should. 6. Punish the evil and reward the good. This was the excellent rule of antiquity. Therefore do not hide the good qualities of others or fail to correct what is wrong when you see it. Flatterers and deceivers are a sharp weapon for the overthrow of the state, and a sharp sword for the destruction of the people. Men of this kind are never loyal to their lord, or to the people. All this is a source of serious civil disturbances.
Hōryū-ji 法隆寺 607-711*
Kōfuku-ji 興福寺 , 5 story pagada五重塔, 1426
Sample pages from a 1654 edition of The Tale of Genji 源氏物語
Yugao, unseen Murasaki
Asakiyumemishiあさきゆめみし -The Tale Of Genji as drawn by Yamato Waki 1980-93 (bilingual Kodansha version)
Taira 平氏 warriors destroy Sanjō palace, 1160
Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源 義経, 1159-1189
Minamoto no Yoritomo “seii taishōgun 征夷大将軍”
Minamoto Tameyoshi, grandfather of Yoritomo, summoned to the court of a cloistered emperor:
"I come because I have been told to come by the head of my house. Otherwise not even an imperial edict could bring me to the palace, for we Minamoto do not serve two masters."
a Taira warrior in a great naval battle, boards a ship proclaiming:
"I am he, known to the very children in the streets in these days as an ally of the Heike, the second son of Etchuu Zenshi, Shimosa Akushichihyooe Kagekiyo!"
Sasaki Sadatsuna, Minamoto partisan, to his son
"It is the duty of a warrior to be like a monk observing a rule. It is his business to preserve the state by protecting the sovereign. Whether he holds but a pin's point of land or rules a thousand acres, his loyalty must be the same. He must not think of his life as his own, but as offered him to his lord."
The Tale of the Heike 平家物語
17th century painting Princeton Art Museum
Kamakura 鎌倉 capital of the shogunate 鎌倉幕府 1192-1333
Kamakura 鎌倉, 1252
Mongol invasions, 1274 and 1281
Remembering 1847 watercolor by Kikuchi Yōsai 菊池 容斎
Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺, 1397 (1950)
Ryōan-ji 龍安寺 , 1450
Ryōan-ji 龍安寺 , 1450
samurai garb, female/male 14th century
Minamoto Castle (Samuel Yamashita)
Osaka Castle 大坂城
Beauties on laundry day, by Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居 清長 (1752–1815)
Asian Art Museum, educational resources
Actor Ichikawa Danjuro viii as warrior, 1852 print
Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769 (Met)
Monet and van Gogh
